Despite dropping their second straight game, a pair of offensive players on the Key West High football team had a night to remember Friday against visiting South Dade.

Quarterback Stephen Jones and receiver Clive Georges each entered the school's record books during the Conchs' 35-13 loss at Tommy Roberts Memorial Stadium. Jones, who finished with 187 passing yards on the night, passed Robert James for first on the school's all-time passing yardage list. Jones, in his second season as starter, now has 1,944 career yards, 106 ahead of James' old record of 1,838 set from 1971-73. Georges was on the receiving end of 152 of those yards Friday night, setting a new single-game school record for receiving yards. The previous mark for a game was 129 set by Carlton Howard in 1977.

Those achievements were the highlight of the night for the Conchs, who struggled in the second half en route to the non-district loss.

Key West was helped in the first half by strong play from its defense and sloppy play from the visiting Bucs. With the score tied at 7-7, Conchs defensive lineman Paul Leatherwood came up with a pair of sacks, combining with Fyrland Sanon on the first, to force South Dade into a third and 23 at midfield with just 48 seconds left in the first half. Before the third down play, however, the Bucs drew two personal foul penalties and a member of the team's coaching staff was ejected, setting up a third and 53 at South Dade's 20. The Conchs came up with a stop on the play and forced a punt before running out the clock to end the half.

In all, Key West was flagged four times for 35 yards while the Bucs drew seven penalties for a total of 90 yards.

Each team turned the ball over once. Georges stripped the ball loose from South Dade's J.J. Worton on a fourth-quarter punt return and Bradley Geide recovered -- his second of the season -- to give the Conchs new life at the Bucs' 38-yard line. South Dade's Henery Fluellen intercepted a pass from Jones on the ensuing possession, however, to kill the scoring opportunity.

South Dade outscored Key West, 28-6, in the second half as the Conchs played without nine members who were suspended for missing practice or for other disciplinary reasons.

"I've got to believe fatigue was a factor," Key West coach Jerry Hughes said after the loss. "Not the whole factor, but a factor. I don't want to say these kids quit."

The Conchs (4-2, 0-1) will return to District 16-3A play Friday against visiting Miami Edison, which topped Key West during the regular season last year and then again in the district tiebreaker to keep the Conchs out of the state playoffs.

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The mood was a lot more celebratory Saturday in Islamorada, where Island Christian School's first-year six-man program picked up a thrilling 41-40 overtime victory over visiting Donahue Academy on homecoming at the Eagles' campus.

Daniel Pratt led the way with five touchdowns -- two rushing, one receiving, one passing and one on a kickoff return -- and Jon Cruciger ran in a 42-yard score to help the Eagles win their second straight at home and finish their home schedule a perfect 2-0.

Christian Ledwith, who had a team-high 19 tackles and two sacks on defense, had four catches for 29 yards in the victory, including the game-winning score on a pass from Pratt on the Eagles' first possession of the overtime period.

The game was a measure of revenge for ICS, which had fallen to Donahue, 41-6, late last month in Naples.

"This isn't ideally who you would schedule for homecoming, but the guys fought and they believed they could do it," ICS coach Robert Lucas said. "They kept fighting hard."

Matt Cavenagh passed for 32 yards and a touchdown in the victory, and remained cool under pressure late.

"Matt did a good job managing the offense and the clock there at the end," Lucas said. "It was just a really good win."

The Eagles (2-2) will travel to New Port Richey on Oct. 26 to wrap up their inaugural season against Solid Rock Community School.

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This weekend was the second time this season that the Marathon High football team took the field on a Saturday afternoon and it just so happened it was also the second time the Dolphins were pitted against a team with Archbishop in its name. However, unlike the first time -- when Marathon was sent home with a 41-16 loss at the hands of Archbishop McCarthy -- the Dolphins were able to break a three-game skid and move back into contention for a 1A state playoff spot, with a 28-7 victory over Archbishop Curley.

Despite an early deficit, when the Knights took their opening drive for a touchdown, the Dolphins seemed to have no trouble putting up the points and shutting down their opponents. Scoring all of its points in the first half -- its three touchdowns were all called back in the second half due to penalties -- Marathon was able to give senior tailback A.J. Freeman the final two periods off to heal from nagging injuries that have been hampering him for most of the season. With backfield mate Nyran Ross also back in the game, after missing the previous matchup, coach Lance Martin said his team seemed to be clicking on offense.

On defense it was evident that the Dolphins were on the same page as their coach allowing only two Curley first downs following the game's opening drive.

Despite the 2-4 start to the season, Martin says he believes his players are motivated to finish the season strong and that the only drawback from Saturday's victory was the fact that the Dolphins' missed all of the day's college football action.

"Starting 1-4 may feel bad, but we have to look at who we lost to," said Martin. "It kind of messed up a Saturday of watching college football, but we'll happily take the win."

Marathon will hit the road again this Friday to take on district foe Florida Christian.

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On Friday, it was another gut-wrenching loss for the Coral Shores, which has yet to finish a game without a running clock. That happened again Friday night when the 'Canes fell, 64-3, to LaSalle, but it still remains about the big picture for coach Kelly Clark and the young Hurricanes team.

Late in the game, Coral Shores was threatening to reach double-digit points for the first time all season as the Hurricanes had a goal-line drive halted on another turnover that resulted in a Royal Lions' touchdown. Nevertheless, Clark says he is seeing the improvements he wants from his young squad.

"George Bravo did a nice job running the ball and the offensive line did a good job blocking," said Clark. "Addison Duma-Kenny also had a nice game and it's nice to see freshmen stepping up."

Even with the lopsided loss, the Hurricanes coach says he is not upset with his players and knows they are leaving it all on the field.

"When you lose like this each week it's tough," said Clark. "My hats off to them and I have no complaints because they are doing the best they can."

Coral Shores will celebrate its homecoming Friday night against visiting Doral Academy.